Gender and resource management: Households and groups, strategies and transitions |
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| Authors: | Corinne Valdivia Jere Gilles |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Agricultural Economics, Social Sciences Unit, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA;(2) University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA |
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| Abstract: | Rural families must constantly negotiate their livelihoods by obtaining access to natural resources, labor, capital, knowledge,
and markets. Successful negotiation leads to enhanced family well-being and sustainable use of natural resources. Unsuccessful
negotiation threatens family survival, threatens sustainable use of natural resources, and reduces bio-diversity. These negotiation
processes are mediated by gender relations. The ideas of negotiation and of survival strategies outlined here provide a framework
within which the articles of this issue can be situated. The articles are the result of research on gender and natural resource
management conducted in Latin America, Asia, Africa, and North America. Each experience illustrates the consequences for natural
resources and family well being when they have voice and when they do not have voice in household decisions.
This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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| Keywords: | Gender Household strategies Livelihood Natural resource management Sustainability |
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